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Monique Wildschut from the Netherlands was inducted in 1993 as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The tall, powerful Wildschut dominated the women’s professional marathon swimming circuit from 1983 to 1988 with six consecutive World Professional Marathon Swimming Association titles. As a solo swimmer, she crossed the English Channel twice: […]
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The FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup and the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix returns to the Americas with the Maratón Cancún next week in Mexico. With each subsequent race, the Olympics gets closer and closer and the intensity is notched higher and higher. Video from La Patagones Viedma in Argentina shows how fast
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The sport is in good hands when race directors have hands-on experience in the sport of open water swimming. Former competitive swimmers like Morty Berger of NYC Swim in New York City, Wayne Riddin of the Midmar Mile in South Africa (shown on left), Bob Placak of the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco, and
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There is going to be a lot of experienced open water swimmers at Jamie’ Swim Camp 2.0 in Hidden Valley Lake in northern California. Besides host and organizer Jamie Patrick, marathon swimming stars such as Gordon Gridley, Jen Schumacher, Evan Morrison, cold water specialists like Karen Rogers, Phil Cutti and Rob Dumouchel, and ultra-marathon athletes
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Joseph Locke, as many swimmers before him, struggled with how to properly respond to his escort boat captain and crew. The profound nature of the reliance, protection, love and guidance that the captain and crew shower upon a swimmer is fully comprehensible on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Joseph attempts to explains,
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With Diana Nyad and Penny Palfrey planning separate 103-mile solo non-stop swims in the Straits of Florida, Paul Lundgren planning a 76-mile swim in the Sea of Cortez, at least 15 two-way lake and channel crossings around the world as well as a number of unannounced open water swims from the South Pacific to the
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Shaun MacGillivray, Managing Director of One World One Ocean, announced a filmmaking contest for young ocean enthusiasts in grads 7 – 12 (approximately 12 – 18 years old). “One World One Ocean is looking for the next up-and-coming filmmaker as part of our World Oceans Day Video Contest – open to all ocean enthusiasts who
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Aida Molina of Culture Sport will host and support Anna Wardley in her Five Island Challenge Swim. Anna will kick-off her challenge with a 7-mile circumnavigation around Sa Dragonera Island in Majorca, Spain to raise money for Gosport-based sailing charity Toe in the Water, the Samaritans and Sail Africa. “Culture Sport is in solidarity with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Mexican Swimming Federation is really pulling out all the stops in preparation for a fast FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup on April 24th and a competitive FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix (15 km) on April 26th in Cancún. Both races will be highly competitive –
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The Maratón Acuático Ruta del Arrecife is a 1.25 km, 2.5 km and 5 km open water swim held in Puerto Morelos in Quintana Roo, Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula. About 36 km south of Cancún, the race founded by Fernando Betanzos is located in an old coastal fishing village and site of the Mesoamerican
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